This is a recipe for an easy-to-make vegan almond plum cake. I started out wanting to make an eggless almond yeast cake with Italian plums planted in it like the cake I remembered from my days as a daughter-in-law to a German-born Hausfrau (German-born AND a Lutheran Pastor's daughter). But my husband said he didn't particularly like the yeast cake. So, I found several recipes for vegan almond cake and this one most perfectly suited my available ingredients. I baked the cake in an 8'' x 8'' pan with parchment paper on it, in a counter oven. You could easily double the recipe and make it in a long pan in a regular oven. Preheat the oven to bake (350 F. for a large oven or 375 for a countertop oven) 1. Mix together in a measuring cup: 1/2 cup of soy, almond or other milk Juice of 1/2 lime, or lemon, or a teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar (Leave it to curdle for about 15 minutes and then add in 1/2 cup of maple syrup 1 teaspoon of Almond extract and stir to co
One summer day a few years ago our younger son pointed out various exotic trees as we walked around our neighborhood. One with clumps of luscious blue-black berries caught my eye. Black Elderberry. I asked if the berries were edible, and he said they were. And the black elderberry ( Sambucus racermosa ssp pubens var melanocarpa ) is native to our Vancouver Island. As someone wanting to grow only native trees in my yard, I have the ethical go-ahead. (To read about why we should grow native trees if we grow trees, see this article about botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger.) And... did the berries not have some medicinal benefits? I wondered aloud. He told me that indeed elderberries were noteworthy for staving off and remedying colds coughs, sore throats and flu. Customers' Most-Loved Gifts Click to learn more... A New Study from the University of Sydney, Australia, published in 2019 in the Journal of Functional Foods... shows that this amazing berry contains phyt